Smoking device.



H. E. COATES.

SMOKING DEVICE.

APPLIoA'rIoN FILED AUG. 21, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13,1912.

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SMOKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 211, 1911.

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HARRY EDWARD COATES, 0F SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

SMOKING DEVICE.

T o all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. CoA'rEs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and Improved Smoking Device, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved smokingdevice, more especially designed for use as an advertising medium incigar stores and other places, and arranged to simulate a person in theact of smoking a cigar, cigarette, pipe or other smokers article.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a hollow figure, simulating asmoker, and

mounted on a chair or other support, the

mouth of the figure being connected at the inside with a valveddischarge pipe leading from a smoke box connected with a suction holderfor a cigar, cigarette or a like smokers article, a cylinder connectedwith the smoke box and containing a piston, an actuating mechanismadapted to be driven by hand or by power and connected with the pistonrod of the said piston, so that the smokers article is gradually burnedand the smoke is discharged through the mouth of the ligure. Use is alsomade of a smokescattering device for scattering the smoke arising fromthe burning end of the cigar, cigarette or other smokers article, and inorder to simulate smoking by the figure, the hand of` one forearmcarries an imitation cigar, cigarette or a like smokers article, and theforearm is movable, and is connected with the said actuating mechanismso that the imitation smokers article is carried to and from the mouthof the figure in unison with the action of the piston in the cylinder.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the smoking device, parts being shown insection; Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the operating mechanism; Fig.3 is a sectional plan view of the smoking device on the line 3 3 of Fig.l; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the holder for the cigar, cigaretteor other Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 21, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 645,085.

smokers article, and shown disconnected from the suction pipe. Fig. 5 isa perspective view of a modified form of the smoking device; and Fig. 6is la perspective view of the actuating mechanism for the secondnonsmoking figure shown in Fig. 5.

The smoking device illustrated in Figs. l, 2, 3 and 4, is mounted on asuitably constructed support A, the lower portion of which is in theform of a box having a door A at the rear, and the upper portionappearing as a vchair on which is seated the figure B of a person,having a hollow body, and provided with an articulated forearm B,carrying in its hand a cigar, cigarette or other smokers article B2. Theforearm B is arranged to swing up and down, ,and the smokers article B2is adapted to register with the open mouth B3 of the figure B at thetime the forearm B is in its uppermost position.v A smoke delivery pipeC extends within the hollow body of thel ligure B and terminates at themouth B3. and the lower end of the said pipe C extends down into thesupport A and connects with a valved discharge or outlet D arranged onthe top of a smoke box D, provided at its bottom with a valved suctioninlet D2, ,connected with one end of an elbow E, provided at its otherend with a flaring or a funnel-shaped mouth E', as plainly indicated inFigs. 1 and 4. The mouth F/ serves as a guide for inserting the stem Finto the end of the elbow E, the stem F projecting from a holder Fadapted to carry a cigar, cigarette or similar article G, of tobacco,adapted to be ignited at the outer end and smoked, on producing asuction action in the smoke box D. The holder F is provided with a barF2 for conveniently inserting the stem F into the elbow E or removing ittherefrom, the said bar F2 extending approximately parallel to the axisof the holder F, and the bar being preferably of a length somewhat inexcess of that of the article G, to permit of conveniently taking holdof the bar F2 for inserting or removing the holder F from the elbow E.

The top of the smoke box D is connected with the lower end of a cylinderI-I, in which reciprocates a piston I, having a piston rod I connectedby a pitman J with a crank disk K held on the shaft K', journaled in thehollow body of the ligure B, and on the shaft K is a second crank diskK2 connected by a pitman L .with the articulated arm B, so as to impartan up and down swinging motion to the saine at the time a reciprocatingmotion is given to the piston I in the cylinder H; that is, the arm. Bswings downward on the downward movement of the piston I and swingsupward on the upward movement of the said piston.

The crank disk K2 is preferably provided at its peripheral face withteeth K2, in mesh with a pinion N secured on the shaft N journaled insuitable bearings arranged in the hollow body of the figure B. On theshaft N is secured a' pulley N2 over which passes a belt N3 also passingover a pulley N2 secured on the shaft- O of a motor O, of any approvedconstruction; that is, the motor may be a spring motor, an electricmotor, or the like. The shaft O may also be rotated by hand, if desired,by the use of a crank arm or other device applied to the shaft. Now whenthe motor O is running a rotary motion is transmitted to the shaft Nwhich by the pinion N and the gear teeth K2 of the disk K2 rotates theshaft so that the two disks K and K2 and their pitmen J and L impartsimultaneously a reciprocating motion to the piston I and a swingingmotion to the arm B. During the upstroke of the piston I, a suctionaction is produced in the cylinder H, and the smoke box D, the elbow Eand the holder F, to cause the cigar, cigarette or a like article G toburn and to draw the smoke into the smoke boX D. On the downward strokeof the piston I the smoke is forced out of the cylinder H and throughthe valved outlet D into and up through the smoke pipe C, so that thesmoke finally issues through the mouth B3 of the disk B at thetime thearm B swings downward. Vithin the support A is arranged a fan P carryingon its shaft P a pulley Q connected by a belt Q. with a pulley Q2secured on the motor shaft O, so that when the motor is running and thearticle G is burning then the fan P is rotated to scatter the smokearising from the burning end of the article G, the scattered smokereadily passing out through crevices in the support A, but in such ascattered condition that it will not be noticeable.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement described thesmoking device when in use simulates a person in the actof smoking acigar, cigarette, pipe or other smokers article, as the smoke is blownintermittently through the mouth of the figure B and at the time the armB is on a downward swinging motion. then the arm B swings upward theissuing of the smoke through the mouth B3 ceases, and when the arm Breaches an uppermost position, then the end of the-imitation cigar,

cigarette or like article G registers with the mouth B3, thus simulatinga draw on the article B2 by the ligure B thereby adding to thesimulation of a person in the. act of smoking.

By the use of the door A ready access is had to the holder F forremoving or replacing the same in the elbow E and for lighting the cigaror cigarette G.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 5

and G, use is made of an additional nonsmoking ligure R mounted. on thesupport A adjacent to the smoking figure B, which is identical inoperation as above described in reference to Figs. l, 2, 3 and 4l.

The ligure B has a turnable head It which is periodically turned by asuitable device, preferably one that is actuated from the mechanismconnected with the smoking ligure B. As shown in Figs. 5 and (3,` use ispreferably inade'of the crank disk K, which by its crank pin K impartsan intermittent swinging motion to an arm S fulcruined at S with theligure B and normally resting on a stop pin S2. The arm S is connectedwith one end of a cord T eX- tending downwardly within the ligure B andthe support A to pass through an eye T and then extend horizontallywithin the support A to linally connect with an arm U held on a verticalshaft U journaled within the support A and the hollow figure It, theupper end of the shaft U carrying the head It. A spring U2 presses thearm U to return the a-rm and its shaft to normal posi tion, it beingunderstood that when the arm S is swung upward a pull is exerted on thecord T to turn the shaft U and the head R, and when the arm S isreleased by the wrist pin T then the arm S swings downward and the cordT, shaft U and head R are returned to normal position by the spring U2.

By the addition of the second non-smoking figure it is intended toexpress the contrast between the qualities of a good and a bad cigar.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

l. A smoking device, comprising a hollow figure, simulating a smoker andhaving an articulated arm provided in the hand with an imitation smokersarticle, a pipe connected with the mouth of the ligure at the insidethereof, a smoke box having a valved discharge connection with the saidpipe and having a valved suction inlet, a holder connected with the saidinlet and adapted to carry a smokers article, a cylinder connected atone end with the said smoke box, a piston reciprocating in the saidcylinder, and an actuating device connected with the said piston andwith the said arm, the said arm and piston moving in unison.

2. A smoking device, comprising a hollow figure, simulating a smoker,and having an articulated arm provided in the hand with an imitationsmokers article, a pipe connected with the mouth of the igure at theinside thereof, a smoke box having a valved discharge connection withthe said pipe, and having a valved suction inlet, a holder connectedwith the said inlet and adapted to carry a smokers article, a cylinderconnected at one end with the said smoke box, a piston reciprocating inthe said cylinder, and a scattering device for scattering the smokearising from the burning end of the smokers article.

3. A smoking device, comprising a hollow ligure, simulating a smoker andhaving an articulated arm provided in the hand with an imitation smokersarticle, a pipe connected with the mouth of the figure at the insidethereof, a smoke box having a valved discharge connection with the saidpipe and having a valved suction inlet, a holder connected with the saidinlet and adapted to carry a smokers article, a cylinder connected atone end with the said smoke box, a piston reciprocating in the saidcylinder, a scattering devicefor scattering the smoke arising from theburning end of the smokers article, and driving means for simultaneouslydriving the said actuating device and the said scattering device.

4. A smoking device, comprising a hollow ligure, simulating a'smoker andhaving an articulated arm provided in the hand with an imitation smokersarticle, a pipe connected with the mouth of the figure at the insidethereof, a smoke box having a valved discharge connection with the saidpipe-and having a valved suction inlet, a holder connected with the saidinlet and adapted to carry a smokers article, a cylinder connected atone end with the said smoke box, a piston lreciprocating in the saidcylinder, a driven shaft carrying crank disks, a pitman connecting oneof the crank disks with the piston rod of the said piston, and a pitmanconnecting the other crank disk with the said articulated arm.

5. A smoking device provided with a hollow ligure simulating a smoker, aholder for holding a smokers article, a suction and discharging devicefor producing a suction on the said holder to draw smoke from thesmokers article and discharging the smoke through the mouth of the saidgure, and a scattering device for scattering the smoke arising from theburning end of the smokers article.

6. A smoking device provided with a hollow figure simulating a smoker, aholder for holding a smokers article, a suction and discharging devicefor producing av suction on the said holder to draw smoke from thesmokers article and discharging the smoke through the mouth of the saidfigure, a fan adjacent the said holder, and driving means for actuatingthe said suction and discharging device and the said fan.

7. A smoking device provided with a smoke box having a valved inletprovided with a funnel-shaped mout-h, and a tubular holder for carryinga smokers article and adapted to be inserted into the said valved inlet,the said holder having a bar for removing or inserting the holder.

8. A smoking device provided with a smoke box having a valved inletprovided with a funnel-shaped mouth, and a tubular holder for carrying asmokers article and adapted to be inserted into t-he said valved inlet,the said holder having a bar for removing or inserting the holder, thebar extending approximately parallel to 'the axis of the holder and thesaid bar being of a length to project beyond the outer end of thesmokers article carried Vby the holder.

9. A smoking device, comprising a hollow figure, simulating a smoker andhaving an articulated arm provided in the hand with an imitation smokersarticle, a pipe connected with the mouth of the figure at the insidethereof, a smoke box having a valved discharge connection with the saidpipe and having a valved suction inlet, a holder connected with the saidinlet and adapted to carry asmokers article, a cylinder connected at oneend with the said smoke box, a piston reciprocating in the saidcylinder, an actuating device connected with the said piston and withthe said arm, the said arm and piston moving in unison, a second gureadjacent the rst-named figure, having a movable head, and a connectionbetween the said movable head and the said actuating device forperiodically turning the said head.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY EDWARD COATES.

Witnesses:

ANGUs E. MACDONALD, W. F. RENFRO.

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